(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Friday said his interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to be the next U.S. central bank chief went “great” and wasn’t at all political.

Waller, seen as top contender to succeed Chair Jerome Powell next year, told CNBC the interview was “all serious economics” and he didn’t think he got “hit by a pitch” in the process.

CNBC reported earlier that Waller was among five remaining candidates under consideration to succeed Powell when the current chair’s term expires in May.

(Reporting by Dan Burns and Howard Schneider. Editing by Mark Potter)

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